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'No level playing field' in Pathways to Work contracts
By Paul Jump, Third Sector Online, 25 September 2007
Charities have accused the Department for Work and Pensions of failing to ensure a level playing field in the tendering process for Pathways to Work contracts after it emerged that the company awarded the largest number of contracts did not factor in the cost of transferring staff from the public sector into its bid.
WorkDirections UK won six of the first 16 regional contracts awarded earlier this month. After taking legal advice it decided it did not need to apply Tupe conditions, which protect the employment conditions of staff when transferred to a new employer. Several charities bid for Pathways contracts, but only one...
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